No, I do not know about you. But even so, I wish to help. Perhaps it will mean nothing, in the end... but perhaps intervention by one he wronged will change something. I do not know... and when it comes to it, I would rather waste my prayers and voice on uselessness than withhold them when they could have had a chance to help.
...His eyes, if you please.
[Henry bows his head again, continuing the prayer. The boat of "Ra..." then Ra had to be the name of their god. Tch... so it had been something like that that was summoned... Henry could believe it.]
...Have mercy upon his heart, oh great Ra, that it might be unburdened of the sin that it carries. Our sin is ever before us, no matter the one we pray to, ever weighing us down. Against you, he has only sinned, but burn that sin clean with flame that he might step into that boat. Thou requires truth, and thou makes it known to him secretly... so, now, let that truth be his salvation, let it purge that stain upon his soul and clean him that he be white as snow when it comes time for judgment. Let thou make him hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which hast been broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from his sins, and put out all his misdeeds. Give to him a clean heart, O Ra, and renew a right spirit within him. Cast him not away from thy presence, but welcome him. O, give him the comfort of thy help and thy blessing.
...Oh holy God, to whom this wayward child belongs... call to him, and welcome him... and forgive him of what he hath done.
With thy light divine, O Good One, illumine thou, I pray thee, this soul who come early unto thee with love: that he know thee, O God, the one who callest him forth from the gloom of sin.
To the holy and honourable arms of your servants deliver him...
For thou art the repose of his soul and of his body, and unto thee did he ascribe glory, to thee, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages.
no subject
...His eyes, if you please.
[Henry bows his head again, continuing the prayer. The boat of "Ra..." then Ra had to be the name of their god. Tch... so it had been something like that that was summoned... Henry could believe it.]
...Have mercy upon his heart, oh great Ra, that it might be unburdened of the sin that it carries. Our sin is ever before us, no matter the one we pray to, ever weighing us down. Against you, he has only sinned, but burn that sin clean with flame that he might step into that boat. Thou requires truth, and thou makes it known to him secretly... so, now, let that truth be his salvation, let it purge that stain upon his soul and clean him that he be white as snow when it comes time for judgment. Let thou make him hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which hast been broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from his sins, and put out all his misdeeds. Give to him a clean heart, O Ra, and renew a right spirit within him. Cast him not away from thy presence, but welcome him. O, give him the comfort of thy help and thy blessing.
...Oh holy God, to whom this wayward child belongs... call to him, and welcome him... and forgive him of what he hath done.
With thy light divine, O Good One, illumine thou, I pray thee, this soul who come early unto thee with love: that he know thee, O God, the one who callest him forth from the gloom of sin.
To the holy and honourable arms of your servants deliver him...
For thou art the repose of his soul and of his body, and unto thee did he ascribe glory, to thee, now, and ever, and unto ages of ages.
[Softer again, with a finality to it...] Amen.